The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-10

WIN guns went IN search tll6
were unable to find them. This morning
Mr.. Lowrey, who lives three miles from
Scney, found three negroes in his barn
! making ready to steal his horse They at
tackled Lowrey and cut him severely. Help
! arrived and one of the negroes was captured.
The other two escaped. 1t appears that
they were the same negroes that attacked
the Irish peddler. The community Is
thoroughly aroused and it is probable that
the negroes who escaped will be captured
At Gainesville, Saturday, during storm
the residence of w. ID. Grant was struck by
! lightning. The bolt seemed to be divided,
! for not only the Notwithstanding, ceiling
and sash were torn off the west end, but
from that point round towards the north
ell, broad path was cut through the
| shingles, then post on the back veranda
was totally demolished. The path of des-
! trllCtiOn went on into the dining room
where the pantry, with its contents, were
| totally destroyed None of the ten occu-
| pants were hurt, notwithstanding Mrs
! Grant was closing the hall door, and her
! sons, Joe and Thomas, were covered with
! fragments of ceiling while under the bed
| A tree fifty feet away, in Capt w. s.
| Erwin's yard, was also struck by the same
| fash
| Wednesday while the gravel train ON the
| East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road was switching at Braswell a station
about six miles south OF Rockmart, James
| Ferguson was thrown under the wheels.
| Ferguson jumped on fiat car and before
he could balance himself the train was
stopped very suddenly, throwing him over
on his face Before he could get himself
| balanced the train was started as sud
denly as it was stopped, this time
throwing the young man between the NOV
ing cars. Both of his legs were cut off be
tween his thigh and knee, and his right arm
was nanged terribly. Drs. Adair and
Pearcc were photographed for, and left imme-
dately for BraSwel, but were unable to rem
der the young man any relief from the pain
and he died Wednesday night about .
o'clock. He was raised at Eorksville,
Paulding county.
Thurs lay night last big ball was given
near Perry. During the progress OF the
frolic James &. Leverett, an unmarried
man, aged 81, got into fracas with Char
ley Thompson, and in some way Joe Ault-
man became implicated in the row. Sun
day evening Leverett was at his home, some
miles from Perry, talking with David Cher
ny, a school teacher, when Aultman came
up and began talking. did you take
Thompson's part Thursday nightF asked
Leverett. mo; but / do now" replied Aut-
man, and began cutting Leverett. lie
stabbed him in the back making a serious
wound ON the shoulder, and then slashed
him in the arm, laying it open to the bone
Another cut severed two of the fingers of
his right hand, and then Aultman fed with
Leverett in pursuit When the latter ar
rived at the barn of man named Middle
banks, he was halted and Aultman escaped
Autman is still at large, but the officers are
after him. Leveretts wounds are consid
cred quite serious, and may prove fatal, as
the bleeding was profuSe.
The Euharlee creek, in Polk county, was
on n boom again last week, and has been
dangerous for travellers to attempt to cross
it with their wagons or buggies. Barney
Rose sent his wagon into Rockmart Wednes-
day with load of farm products by his son.
Tho young man was accompanied by his
two sisters and MisSrLyle After selling
out their load they proceeded to buy some
dry goods, etc. After getting what they
wanted they proceeded home. While at
tempting to cross the Euharee creek
about a mile and a half from
town they came very near being
drowned. The rain Wednesday evening
was harder than was thought, causing the
creek TO rise. The team, after getting into
the middle of the creek was unable to pull
the load any further. The current was so
strong they were washed down the stream
Luckily a water gap was near, and while
the wagon was passing under the occupants
caught hold of 1T and swung themselves out
of the wagon. The horses were cut loose
from the wagon and saved, but the wagon
and contents were allowed to go on down
the creek.
On Saturday morning a fairly genteel
stranger entered the City National Bank at
Griffin and made a deposit to the credit of
Il. Nj. Jones In the afternoon, however,
before the bank closed, he called around
and withdrew the entire deposit. An hour
or two later he concluded he was in need of
a suit of clothes and accordingly stepped
into j. FL. White. Jr a Co. s, and made the
purchase; the suit and one or two minor ar
ticles amounting to $40 so. He very DELHI
erately drew out his check book
and filed ont a check ON tho CITY
National Bank for the amount and handed
to the salesman. He then hied himself to
the notion store of +. j. Flemister, where
he supplied himself with number of
articles for personal adornment and COM
fort, and again checked on same bank
When tie checks were presented at the
bank Monday morning, the teller handed
them back with the startling announcement
mo good" The gentleman in question
was heard to remark that he would spend
Sunday i'll Griffin, but for some personal
reason concluded to board the up bound
train Saturday night, since which time
nothing has been heard of him.
Between 12 and o'clock Monday morning
the storehouses of Watson a. Lewis and
William Taylor q Co., on jackson street,
Hawkinsville, were discovered to be en- fire.
SO rapid was the progress OF the flames that
nothing could he saved OF the origin of
the fire nothing is definitely known. II is
supposed, and circumstances seem to indi-
cate or justify the conclusion, that the store
was first pillaged and then fired to cover the
robbery. Messrs. William Taylor g. CO.,
boots and shoes, had just concluded their IN
ventory of stock, which amounted to 81, 800
insurance 81, 500. Watson & Lewis, gen
eral store. $1,000; insurance $500. In
surance on building three stores,
$1,000; NJ. B. Fitzgerald & Co., $4,000;
Ii. l.. Mamie s., 800 All are fully insured
and the loss occurred by the removal OF
goods from stores. r. I. Raglan & Co. S
store adjoining Watson & Lewis was on fire
several times and would have gong but for
the efficient work of our gallant fire compa-
MES, Pulaski No. 6, steamer and company,
and Eclipse No. /, hook and ladde~ Raglan
& Co. S building is damaged 81 900: goods
are damaged by removal $1,000; fully IN
| sured. Il. 5. Partin's building is next to
Ragdn q Co.'S, and is damaged about $500
from the explosion of powder in Watson &
Lewis store.
Athens Banner Wdtchmdn' Friday af-
ternoon n sudden and disastrous storm
swept down upon tho Watknsville road
near Simonton's bridge, aud for minute
gyrated through the woods like young cy-
clone. II had all the vigor and motion of n